Compromise
I'm a really new heathen, but I have noticed all of the in-fighting going on. How could anyone miss it? I am sort of loathe to make this post, as it will likely make no difference, just as all of the other pleas I have seen for peace and unity don't seem to be doing that much, except perhaps to bring to light who does and does not wish for unity. Maybe we can at least forge a community of the peace-seekers.
Anyway, I was doing some reading this evening, and I stumbled upon a reference to Thorgeir Thorkelsson and the way that he made a compromise with the Christians in order to maintain peace and unity in Iceland. So why are we all fighting so much, thinking that everyone must think exactly as we do, or look exactly as we do or whatever is the argument du jour, when even our ancestors who we respect so much were willing to compromise their beliefs a little in exchange for unity?
Anyway, I was doing some reading this evening, and I stumbled upon a reference to Thorgeir Thorkelsson and the way that he made a compromise with the Christians in order to maintain peace and unity in Iceland. So why are we all fighting so much, thinking that everyone must think exactly as we do, or look exactly as we do or whatever is the argument du jour, when even our ancestors who we respect so much were willing to compromise their beliefs a little in exchange for unity?